Error in Figure/Table
In the published article, there was an error in Table 2 as published. Table 1 was incorrectly duplicated, while Table 2 was omitted. The corrected Table 2 and its caption The effect of filtering method on difference α-diversity metrics appear below.
Table 2.
The effect of filtering method on different α-diversity metrics.
| Filtering method | Observed OTUs Mean (SE) |
Chao1 Mean (SE) |
Shannon Mean (SE) |
Inverse Simpson Mean (SE) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No filtering | ||||
| All OTUs included | 266 (4.5) | 380.9 (7.6) | 3.243 (0.02) | 13.289 (0.49) |
| Based on OTU abundance in whole dataset | ||||
| Filter OTUs with <0.1% abundance in dataset | 65 (0.6)** | 67.9 (0.7)** | 2.922 (0.03)** | 11.299 (0.38)* |
| Filter OTUs without >10 reads in at least one sample in dataset | 189 (2.1)** | 219.0 (2.6)** | 3.218 (0.03) | 13.196 (0.49) |
| Based on OTU abundance in individual sample | ||||
| Filter OTUs with one read | 188 (2.7)** | 188 (2.7)** | 3.2 (0.03) | 13.2 (0.5) |
| Filter OTUs with < 10 reads | 106 (1.3)** | 106 (1.3)** | 3.164 (0.03)* | 12.955 (0.48) |
| Based on OTU abundance in triplicate | ||||
| Filter OTUs without ≥10 reads in at least one of the three replicates | 121 (1.4)** | 121.4 (1.4)** | 3.180 (0.03) | 13.029 (0.48) |
| Filter OTUs if not present in all three replicates | 169 (2.2)** | 182.2 (2.6)** | 3.206 (0.03) | 13.141 (0.49) |
*p<0.05 vs All OTUs included, **p<0.001 vs All OTUs included.
The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
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